Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-09-14
THE WATER POWER.
Inspected by Mackay and Zedig
An Interesting Conversation
with Charley Mathis0n
About Everything.

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water power at the c.. & G.. They
examined every trick in the entire
concern. Mackay said but very little
during the entire examination. but
when he got through, he seemed in
tensely pleased, and gave full vent
to his feelings to Charley Nathison,
under whose immediate supervision
the entire work has been put up, by
a grunt of satisfaction which could
not be more explicit by the use of
Webster's Dictionary. ssThis is
bully" he said; "now, push this
work as fast as you can on the line
you have been working, making a
thorough job of it, and start all the
stamps and pans in those two mills,
that's what we want +"
To Charley Mathison it would be
nearly impossible for any man to
say more, and the words of Mackav
had scarcely been spoken before they
reached every man who had worked
on the giant enterprise, and for
few hours an impromptu picnic of
good humor prevailed around the
works.
Cap. Overton of the Water Com
pany had been as good as his word
and the water was on hand and
turned on the Pelton wheels, "and
nothing in the world ever run any
felt proud" says Mathi-
son, and continuing, he said: az
have not the least doubt but that
the whole works will be a complete
success. OF course, they may need
= little justification in one place or
another, or brace put to strengthen
one point or other, but that is ALL
he whole thing will start off like a
clock, and it will work to charm.
There are four Peltons wheels in the
shaft and the power Will be SO dis
on each that each will
larry about $50 horse power. We
calculate that the battery and pan
Mills will require under 500 horse
'ower tn run; this gives us over 200
horse power to spare"
To our inquiry as to whom the
redit belonged for putting in this
Vater power, Mr.. Mathison said
Il unhesitatingly give the credit to |
V. ii. Patton; of course, this has
cen under consideration for many
ears, and their are several points !,
be considered in assigning credit,
ut the bulk belongs to him; he
olds the majority of the brain
tock in it, and therefore he con- t
oils the business, Patton studies a a
reat deal. He is also a great L
sader, and he has the faculty of t
staining all he reads, thus deriving o
very great advantage from v
. The very first start OF the b
regulation to put water power in A
shaft was occasioned by a little IL
1rdy-gurly wheel I put in the d
shaft to run a fan on o.
e 1900 level, where the water h
uld escape out of the Sutro tunnel, al
I'd the little thing worked so pref III
y that we commenced figuring up II
deriving motive power tor min al
purposes by celebrating upon in
The immense hydraulic pow or
that we put in the Combination tn
aft to pump water was the imme- at
ate result of the hurdy-gurdy. A
ou know that for some time we r
ured upon transmitting power wi
I'M the Truckee river through
'ctrlc Wire to run every thing on
Comstock, you might say. Elec-
clans claimed they could trans
t IS per cent. of the original is
ce, and l guess they could. But It
that time the Comstock lode had w,
near so much ore exposed as co
W, and the thing was dropped we
t l must say it was also consider We
too experimental at that time" ne
'Mr. Mathison, do you think we
It the Combination shaft will
r. be sunk any deeper?" We
ed.
Yes, | am sure of it." he said